From Monday:

Prayers were answered in an unexpected way as we experienced a total down day today due to Naomi’s vomiting all morning long. It wasn’t too fun for her but it did give us a peaceful friends-free day which we all badly needed and I can really feel the difference.

David spent the day in meetings and preparations for the new term. Students began trooping in this afternoon and they are still coming as I write, sitting in my front yard in the light of the setting sun. Naomi is beside me on the porch, cooking African-style with homemade charcoal on a tin can charcoal grill with food sizzling on top. She loves it. Meanwhile Quinn and his boy friends are catching grasshoppers . . . As long as they don’t use Naomi’s “stove” to start roasting them alive to eat ( a real delicacy here) I’ll be happy.

Teacher friends who I haven’t seen for the last month are back and I’m so glad to see them. I’m remembering the things I love about term-time here, like friendships and book study and laughter and connections with people I care about. So thank you for holding me up before the Father. He sees, He hears and He knows.